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OUT & ABOUT LAFOURCHE
New Out & About Lafourche field trips premiering on the 2nd Monday of every month at 4 PM!
Join our staff as we travel to exciting locales around Lafourche Parish.
Out and About Lafourche: Summer Experience 2022 with Lisa
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Out and About Lafourche: Summer Experience 2022 with Lisa
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Out and About Lafourche: Summer Experience 2022 with Allison
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Out and About Lafourche: Get Caught Reading Month with Lisa
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Out and About Lafourche: Glorious Gardens of Lafourche with Allison
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Out and About Lafourche: Women Authors of Lafourche with Lisa
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Out and About Lafourche: Library Lovers Month with Allison
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Out and About Lafourche: Technical Services with Helen
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Out and About Lafourche: Community Outreach Services with Allison
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 07/11/22
Summer Experience 2022 with Lisa
Dive into summer with Lisa in this episode of Out and About Lafourche! She has sailed the seas and searched far and wide to bring you all the details you need to have a fin-tastic Summer Experience at your Lafourche Parish Public Library! If you're not yet registered for Summer Experience, it's not too late! Tune in at 4 PM to learn more.
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 06/06/22
Summer Experience 2022 with Allison
Dive into summer with Allison in this episode of Out and About Lafourche! She has sailed the seas and searched far and wide to bring you all the details you need to have a fin-tastic Summer Experience at your Lafourche Parish Public Library! Tune in at 4 PM to learn more.
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 05/09/22
Get Caught Reading Month with Lisa
May is Get Caught Reading Month & Lisa is here to tell you all about it! Tune in to learn more about Get Caught Reading Month & discover some tips to keep you reading all May long.
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 04/11/22
Glorious Gardens of Lafourche with Allison
Spring is here, gardens are blooming, and it is beautiful out here! Allison will be taking us around Lafourche to admire some lovely gardens of the Parish, & she also meets up with Dennis, who will provide us with some tips for growing our own glorious garden!
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 03/14/22
Women Authors of Lafourche with Lisa
March is Women's History Month, so we are celebrating some of the wonderful female authors that we have right here in Lafourche Parish! Tune in to explore women writers from our area, as well as find some new books to read!
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 01/10/22
Technical Services
Have you ever wondered how books make it into our libraries & on to our shelves? Come with us to Library Headquarters, where we will introduce you to our Technical Services team! Technical Services is responsible for ordering, processing, cataloging, & distributing all of the materials you can check out in our branches.
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 12/13/21
Community Outreach Services
Allison is a member of our Community Outreach Services team & she is here to show you all of the wonderful ways that library outreach serves our community!
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 11/08/21
Veterans Day
Join Lisa to learn how our libraries are honoring our local veterans this Veterans Day. Lafourche Parish Public Library would like to thank our veterans for their service to our country! ❤️🤍💙
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 10/11/21
Friends of the Libraries Month
National Friends of the Libraries Week is celebrated annually in October, so for this episode of Out & About Lafourche, we sat down with the officers of our Thibodaux's Friends Group to learn a bit more about how the work that they do supports the library. Our Friends help our library community in so many ways, and we want to say thank you for all that they do for us!
Interested in joining a Friends Group? Learn more here: https://lpplyastuff.wixsite.com/lafourchelibrary/friends
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 09/13/21
Library Card Sign-Up Month
As we all have experienced, it's been a September like no other. If you are a member of our library community, you may know that we typically celebrate Library Card Sign Up Month annually during September. Hurricane Ida threw a wrench in our plans this year, but we did have the opportunity to talk to some of our patrons back in August about what they love most about their Lafourche Parish Public Library. Check out what they had to say in this special episode of Out and About Lafourche. We love our library community!
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 08/23/21
Parks of the Parish with Allison
Join Allison as she takes us on a trek around the parish, exploring Lafourche's parks! Tune in and check out what our parks have to offer!
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 07/26/21
Lockport Historic Walking Tour with Lockport Branch
For the last week of Summer Experience 2021, Lockport staff members Crystal & Stephanie, plus Stephanie's dog Chloe, go on a historic walking tour through the town of Lockport. Learn more about the places and spaces of this unique town on this episode of Out & About Lafourche.
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 07/19/21
Golden Meadow Historical Center with Golden Meadow Branch
For Week 8 of Summer Experience 2021, Golden Meadow Manager Heather sits down with the creators of our Historical Center at the branch. Take a tour of the Historical Center and learn a bit about its history on this interesting and informative episode of Out and About Lafourche!
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 07/12/21
Gheens History & Library Tour with Gheens Branch
For Week 7 of Summer Experience 2021, Gheens Manager Jessica sits down with some residents of Gheens to talk about the town's history. After that, we go on a tour of the newly renovated Gheens library!
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 07/05/21
Blackberry Picking with Larose Branch
For Week 6 of Summer Experience 2021, Larose staff member Jill takes us on a little adventure - we are going blackberry picking! Join us as we hunt for berries and find something interesting (and rather surprising) things along the way!
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: BONUS!
Smithsonian Waterways Exhibit
Enjoy this BONUS episode of our Out and About Lafourche program series as we bring you inside the Smithsonian Waterways Exhibit, currently available for viewing at the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center at 314 Saint Mary Street in Thibodaux, LA.
If you would like to visit the exhibit in person, it is available to view Friday, June 26 - Saturday, June 26 from 10 AM - 4 PM at the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center in Thibodaux. In July, the exhibit will move to the Grand Isle Community Center at 3811 LA-1 in Grand Isle, LA.
Come discover all of the ways water, our most valuable resource, makes life possible here on Earth.
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 06/28/21
Sugar Mill with Raceland Branch
For Week 5 of Summer Experience 2021, Raceland Branch Manager Kaina interviews Renee Castro from the LSU AgCenter & discusses the importance of the sugar industry in Lafourche Parish. 🌱
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 06/21/21
LPSO K-9 Squad with Bayou Blue Branch
For Week 4 of Summer Experience 2021, Bayou Blue Branch Manager Lori introduces us to Deputy Charles Thomas & K-9 Hoss from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office. Tune in to learn how this WOOF-tastic team works together to keep our communities safe! 👮♂️🐶
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 06/14/21
Animal Shelter with Thibodaux Branch
For Week 3 of Summer Experience 2021, Thibodaux staff member Kim is taking us to the Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter where we are going to meet some pawsome pets that are available for adoption! 🐶🐱🐹
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 06/07/21
Crabbing with South Lafourche Branch
For Week 2 of Summer Experience 2021, we are doing some crabbing with our South Lafourche staff. Branch Manager Tammy introduces us to her husband Shane & they show us what goes into crabbing for a living!
OUT AND ABOUT LAFOURCHE: 05/31/21
Laurel Valley Plantation with Choctaw Branch
For Week 1 of Summer Experience 2021, we are headed to Laurel Valley Plantation with our Choctaw Branch staff. Luticia meets Store Manager Danny Foret, who shares with us his knowledge of the plantation & then shows us around the grounds. Luticia discovers the history of Laurel Valley, as well as some fun facts, & even makes some new furry & feathered friends!
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